Materials from 2.744 classes are posted shortly after each meeting. The syllabus has links to the same materials within the context of the overall schedule.
Tuesday, February 5 |
About the class: user-centric,
creative design (.pdf)
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| Tuesday, February 12 | Project brief from the client.
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| Thursday, February 14 | Design for human use: Uncommon common sense!
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| Thursday, February 21 | Visualization: ABCs
of sketching Video resources:
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| Tuesday, February 26 | Designing an experience: Spatial
narrative and interactive story-telling Video resources (.mov): Story-telling exercise results (.mov)
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| Thursday, February 28 | Right brain, left brain: |
| Tuesday, March 3 | Off-campus site visit: |
| Thursday, March 5 | Sketching in 3D: Video resources: |
| Tuesday, March 11 | Scott Stropkay, Essential
design 2-point review |
| Thursday, March 13 | Adding dimension to perspective: Video resources: |
| Tuesday, March 18 | Beth Sullivan, IC3D Blue foam: cutting basics/templates (.mov, 6.1 Mb) Foamcore: know the grain (.mov, 4.2 Mb) |
| Thursday, March 20 | Storyboard and human use showcase featured storyboards: featured human use analysis: |
| Tuesday, April 1 | Let's get building! 3D symbol design and shop rules Mechanical Engineering Design logo exercise |
| Thurday, April 3 | Time to go retro: Video resources (Pencil sharpener exercise): |
| Tuesday, April 8 | From hand sketches to digital rendering Additional tutorials: Using layers (.mov, 1.3 Mb) Underlay sketches for rendering practice (jpg) Product rendering in Photoshop the effect of global lighting (.mov, 9.7 Mb) Rendering a playstation from an underlay |
| Thursday, April 10 | Judgment day Design review with client |